I recently switched from a Macbook Pro to a Mac Pro and a Air.
Now I was wondering if I could somehow manage to setup my Mac Pro at home as a "cloud" so that I can have access to all my documents from my macbok air worldwide...
I was thinking of installing snow leopard server but 600.- is just a little expensieve.. Is there any other way I could do that? Like of remote desktop or another vnc client that lets me access my mac from around the world?

Thanks for your help!

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The best would be to setup a VPN server on your Mac Pro and then connect to it on your MacBook Air via Apple's built-in VPN software. This will provide you secure access to not only your Mac Pro, but your entire network. You can mount your Mac Pro's hard drive remotely. Also, Remote Desktop or VNC access is easy then.

Alternatively, you could setup your Mac Pro to run as a WebDav or FTP server. If you don't use a VPN server, you can still access your Mac Pro via Remote Desktop or VNC. That will only allow control. The best is still to setup a VPN server.

Keep in mind, that any of these solutions require you to configure port forwarding on your router to your Mac Pro. This all sounds confusing, but is super easy! I run a OS X server, but this is all possible on a client OS X too.

Last edited by Scoops98; 11-09-2010 at 03:24 AM.

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